http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/05/1-more-guilty-of-hate-crime-in-miss-rundown-case/ Hatewatch is a blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/05/1-more-guilty-of-hate-crime-in-miss-rundown-case/comment-page-1/#comment-923716 Walt Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:40:13 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10038#comment-923716 @ Tobias - The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal, not so the US Constitution, which stated that those who are held as slaves woudl only be counted as 3/5 of a person for the census, and native americans would not be counted at all - the Consitution makes no mention of God or a Creator. It wasn't until the Civil War and the ratification of the 13th, 14th & 15th amendments that slavery was abolished & blacks were allowed to vote, and not until the '20s when the 19th amendment was passed allowing women to vote. We have also had to enact legislation protecting the rights of people to vote in the '60s with the 24th amendment that barred the payment of poll or other taxes (which discriminates against the poor - a group to which a higher percentage of minorites belong) in order to vote. When the US Constitution was first ratified, only property owning white males over the age of 21 could vote in most states. It's been a long, hard road to achieve equality in the US, unfortunately a road on which we're still travelling and where roadblocks & obstacles are still impeding progress.. @ Tobias – The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal, not so the US Constitution, which stated that those who are held as slaves woudl only be counted as 3/5 of a person for the census, and native americans would not be counted at all – the Consitution makes no mention of God or a Creator. It wasn’t until the Civil War and the ratification of the 13th, 14th & 15th amendments that slavery was abolished & blacks were allowed to vote, and not until the ’20s when the 19th amendment was passed allowing women to vote. We have also had to enact legislation protecting the rights of people to vote in the ’60s with the 24th amendment that barred the payment of poll or other taxes (which discriminates against the poor – a group to which a higher percentage of minorites belong) in order to vote. When the US Constitution was first ratified, only property owning white males over the age of 21 could vote in most states. It’s been a long, hard road to achieve equality in the US, unfortunately a road on which we’re still travelling and where roadblocks & obstacles are still impeding progress..

]]> http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/05/1-more-guilty-of-hate-crime-in-miss-rundown-case/comment-page-1/#comment-919302 Nita Phelps Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:40:25 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10038#comment-919302 Good point Mr. Weissman but some among us have been choosing evil since Adam and Eve. Sad fact is that a number of these racists were raised in church. Good point Mr. Weissman but some among us have been choosing evil since Adam and Eve. Sad fact is that a number of these racists were raised in church.

]]> http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/12/05/1-more-guilty-of-hate-crime-in-miss-rundown-case/comment-page-1/#comment-918967 Tobias A. Weissman Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:35:40 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10038#comment-918967 Our Constitution and Declaration of Independance actually states, believe it or not, that all men were created equal in the eyes of God. We are now in the 21ST Century. When will we see the above practiced? Something much more is needed then just punishing hate crimes. A better understanding of God as only good, not knowing evil, and man in that image and likeness, taught from birth, would be the supreme answer. Our Constitution and Declaration of Independance actually states, believe it or not, that all men were created equal in the eyes of God. We are now in the 21ST Century. When will we see the above practiced? Something much more is needed then just punishing hate crimes. A better understanding of God as only good, not knowing evil, and man in that image and likeness, taught from birth, would be the supreme answer.

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